Xanthotryxus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Superfamily: | Oestroidea |
Family: | Polleniidae |
Genus: | Xanthotryxus Aldrich, 1930 [1] |
Type species | |
Xanthotryxus mongol |
Xanthotryxus is a genus of flies in the family Polleniidae. [2]
Cluster flies are flies of the genus Pollenia in the family Polleniidae. Unlike the more familiar blow flies, such as the bluebottle genus Phormia, they are completely harmless to human health because they do not lay eggs in human food. They are parasitic on earthworms; the females lay their eggs near earthworm burrows, and the larvae then feed on the worms. But the biology of this group is relatively poorly known and a few have been recorded from other hosts including caterpillars and bees.
Dexiinae is a subfamily of flies in the family Tachinidae.
Dexiini is a tribe of flies in the family Tachinidae.
Polleniidae is a family of flies in the order Diptera. There are at least 6 genera and more than 190 described species placed definitively in Polleniidae, and other genera whose placement here is considered uncertain. The largest genus is Pollenia, with close to 190 species of flies commonly called "cluster flies".
Pollenia ibalia is a species of cluster fly in the family Polleniidae.
Pollenia labialis is a species of cluster fly in the family Polleniidae.
Pollenia pediculata is a species of cluster fly in the family Polleniidae.
Xanthotryxus auratus is a species of cluster fly in the family Polleniidae.
Xanthotryxus bazini is a species of cluster fly in the family Polleniidae.
Xanthotryxus draco is a species of cluster fly in the family Polleniidae.
Xanthotryxus mongol is a species of cluster fly in the family Polleniidae.
Xanthotryxus ludingensis is a species of cluster fly in the family Polleniidae.
Xanthotryxus melanurus is a species of cluster fly in the family Polleniidae.
Xanthotryxus uniapicalis is a species of cluster fly in the family Polleniidae.
Morinia is a genus of flies in the family Polleniidae.
Dexopollenia is a genus of flies in the family Polleniidae.
Dexopollenia flava is a species of cluster fly in the family Polleniidae.
Dexopollenia nigriscens is a species of cluster fly in the family Polleniidae.
Dexopollenia uniseta is a species of cluster fly in the family Polleniidae.
Nesodexia is a genus of flies tentatively assigned to the family Polleniidae.